Rui Maria de Araujo – Most people will not have even heard of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, let alone be able to point out where it is…

Paulina Quintao – The Executive Director of the Legal Assistance for Women and Children (ALFeLa) Merita Correia said in 2014, 46% of cases it…

Venidora Oliveira – The Deputy Director of Mahein Foundation (FM), a local NGO that monitors the security and defence sector in Timor-Leste, Joao…

Havana – Timor-Leste's Prime Minister, Rui Maria de Araujo, will pay tribute today to Cuba"s National Hero, Jose Marti, as part of his official…

Havana – The Prime Minister of East Timor, Rui Maria De Araujo, is paying an official visit to Cuba on Friday, during which he will hold talks…

Matthew Pennington – Thirteen years after winning independence from Indonesia, East Timor has to wage another struggle for justice with a more…

Alex Blucher – The coffee country of Timor Leste is a world away from the birthplace of permaculture in northern Tasmania but it's taking off…

Sydney – The Australian government will "vigorously defend" arbitration proceedings initiated by Timor-Leste in relation to their treaty, which…

The Australian and East Timor governments are embroiled in an oil and gas controversy involving the pipeline to Darwin from the Bayu Undan gas…

Canberra, Australia – East Timor has abandoned talks on a maritime boundary with Australia and renewed a legal challenge to gain a larger share of…

Without war correspondents to tell the truth, all we'd be told are official lies, says Shirley Shackleton, widow of reporter Greg Shackleton who…

Chip Henriss – Sixteen years ago on September 20, I was with the Australian Army's 3rd Brigade, the Townsville-based ready Deployment Force. We…

Dylan Amirio, Dili, Timor Leste – Low-cost carrier Citilink Indonesia has opened a new route connecting Denpasar in Bali to Dili in Timor Leste in…

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will meet the government of East Timor in Dili to discuss issues related…

Jessica Longbottom – It is almost 40 years since a group of Australian journalists known as the Balibo Five were gunned down by Indonesian forces…

Paulina Quintao – Dili resident Rosaria Martins da Cruz urges the national parliament to create a consumer protection law to regulate the import…

Paulina Quintao – The National Director of Autonomous Service for Medicines and Medical Equipment (SAMES), Odete Maria Belo said it has run out of…

In East Timor's national hospital in Dili, an Australian doctor checks the vital signs of an impossibly tiny baby girl, six months old, born…

Jakarta – Former Timor Leste president Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao has won the Excellence in Public Health Award from the World Health Organization (…

Paulina Quintao – The President of the Executive Council of the Disability Association Timor Leste (DATL) Joaquim Freitas dos Santos urges the…

Beijing – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with East Timor counterpart Taur Matan Ruak, who is in Beijing for activities marking the…

Kristio Wahyono, Yogyakarta – Timor Leste on Aug. 30 celebrates the anniversary of a historic referendum that resulted in a landslide vote for…

Margareth Aritonang – The relationship between Indonesia and Timor Leste has improved steadily in the last few years. Timor Leste's Prime Minister…

Jakarta – Indonesia and Timor Leste have committed to cooperate on forestry, agriculture, maritime and fisheries issues.

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Wellington – The New Zealand government is investing 14.5 million NZ dollars (9.43 million US dollars) to help develop Timor-Leste's coffee and…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is aiming to resolve any remaining territorial disputes with Timor Leste by the end of this year, President…

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met visiting Timor Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria De Araujo at the State Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday, discussing…

Jakarta – East Timor will tap into its $16.6 billion oil fund to build the necessary infrastructure to attract non-energy investment, the prime…

Mong Palatino – Timor-Leste's Ministry of Finance issued a press statement claiming that the small Southeast Asian nation is already among the…

The widow of Australian journalist Greg Shackleton says it's a disgrace that a retired general implicated in the murder of the Balibo Five has…

Singapore – Mentoring Minister of Timor Leste Xanana Gusmao met with Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K Shanmugam on Friday…

Singapore – Singapore and Timor Leste reaffirmed warm relations on Friday (Aug 14), as Mentoring Minister Xanana Gusmao arrived in the Republic…

Rome – Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin was given a joyful welcome upon his arrival to East Timor. The Italian prelate's visit…

Sara Everingham – East Timor is facing a test of its stability after the leader of a rebel group was one of four people killed in a confrontation…

A former East Timor guerrilla leader and long-time political opponent to Xanana Gusmao has been killed in a security operation, the government…

I have just visited Timor Leste, 16 years after my last visit. It was a study in contrasts.

I went to contribute to a conference at the…

Manila – The Philippines reiterated its support for the inclusion of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste in the Association of Southeast Asian…

Jakarta – Indonesia and Timor-Leste have agreed to increase cooperation, especially in the fields of border trade and investment.

"I expect…

Nick Xenophon – East Timor is one of the world's youngest and poorest countries located just off our north-west coast. Approximately 45 per cent…

Jakarta – The Indonesian delegates would raise the issue of membership of Timor Leste in ASEAN during the 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in…

Erik Slavin, Tokyo – About 150 US sailors have arrived in East Timor, a country that international observers say is on its way toward stability…

Tom Allard – A Labor government will enter into maritime boundary negotiations with East Timor, a move that would likely give the tiny half-island…

Dili – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo is calling for foreign investment in tourism to boost its contributions to the economy…

Mark Colvin: One of our nearest neighbours, East Timor, is still so poor that many people lack even the most basic access to health care.

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East Timor's former president, Jose Ramos Horta, says that he does not think an independence campaign for the Indonesian province of West Papua…

Dili – Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo thanked the Cuban government and health collaborators for the support offered for over a decade.

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Peter Klinger – Woodside Petroleum has quietly put the Laminaria-Corallina oil project in the Timor Sea up for sale, and is thought to be in talks…

Sadachika Watanabe, Nikkei staff writer, Dili – East Timor Prime Minister Rui Araujo expressed his eagerness to liquefy natural gas from a joint…

Paul Farrell – Whistleblowers with dual citizenship who speak out on Australia's national security – including those involved in allegations that…

The Deputy Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community says the addition of East Timor or Timor-Leste to the organisation will…